Some great news

I have been working for this great company called Sunwarrior a little over a month now and I absolutely love it! I go into work and every day leave feeling better then when I go there. the people are great and really enjoy being there. the only problem is that it isn't my full time job..until now. Yep! On Thursday I was informed that they wanted me to have one of their full time positions with in the next few months. I am beyond thrilled. Not only is a great place to work, but the products are great for you. So now this takes me to where I need to re-evaluate our current situation as far as other jobs go. I has been very fortunate as far as working goes and we have truly been blessed with many opportunities. So the future holds many possibilities for us! But for now I am celebrating this great thing.

Am I missing something?

So as some of you know, I have 6 jobs. They go as follows: wife, mother, Coca Cola merchandiser, Sunwarrior customer service, greeting cards merchandiser,Wonder bread merchandiser. Which means that I work with people, either at a desk or putting things of the shelves at the grocery store listening to people tell me that they wish that I would lower my prices. ( I hate to remind them, but I do not make the prices.) Yes folks, not going to college gets you 4 jobs that equal one full time job. And believe me I am not complaining! Especially in the time of life getting one job is hard let alone 4. I do feel very lucky.But sometimes I feel that I am missing something....like MY MIND! Ok so the work schedules are one thing but then coming home and trying to remember the schedules of 6 other people, I wonder if my brain might explode. I am constantly asking myself...Am I forgetting something?Am I missing something?. My husband says he is surprised that I can remember so much, but honestly I have about 50 sticky pads that help remember whether I have brushed my teeth to whether or not I have paid any bills. I do truly love taking our very active children to all their various activites, but I have to admit, when Bella can drive and can have people in the car, she will be our personal chauffeur.And I know that my children are older and they can remember their own things, but they are also adolescences so the thought that they remember much of anything other then what they ate for lunch is highly unlikely. So there you have it, I might be losing my mind, but don't worry I will have a sticky note somewhere that will remind me where I left it.

In honor of a great mother.

I am writing this about a great mother that I know...and I know quite a lot of them.This one in particular has sparked an interest in me over the last little while and I am to shy( yes, it's true) to tell her how I feel about her. In fact, truth be told I can't believe that her and I are friends. Meaning...that we seem so different in some ways and I really can't believe that she still likes me! My friend Kathryn is one of those moms that you look at and she is so amazing you go home and are always in awe. She is so strong in the gospel, knows and studies the scriptures and when she talks, you listen. She has 5 wonderful children, 4 of whom are boys...very active boys...very, very active. Oh and did I mention that she is absolutely gorgeous? Yup, it's true. She has beautiful black hair, gorgeous blue eyes and and killer smile. I notice with Kathryn though, that she never makes you feel like you aren't important as well. She will ask your opinion of daily life and how you handle things, when in fact, she's the one that should be giving the advice.She is a great mother, who looks at this time of raising kids as a truly short time, a time to get all the info. to them that you possibly can so that then they can go and be good people. I look at it as a looooong journey and think, wow when will this end. But now I really do look at things differently thanks to her. I am grateful for my friend Kathryn. Happy Mother's Day!

Randomness

So lots of things have been on my mind lately and in no particular order...
Louie is in pain and will need surgery soon.
I do not understand where all the money goes.
I think that I am tired all the time
The house is messy
My kids can make me laugh cry and scream all at the same time.
I am grateful for my ward.
Sometimes I feel left out.
I hate that people can't say "Excuse me" and instead just sit and stare at me when I am working..I will move ya know!
I do love watching Harry Potter 7 part 1
I am counting down to Harry Potter 7 part 2
I would love to tell all celebs that having money does not mean to act like idiots for free.
I do not want to go to jury duty.
I wish I knew where to get Pokemon cards for Luke
I wish that I could be closer to my family...not emotionally, physically
I am truly grateful that Easter was yesterday.
I want an Ipod
I really am a random person...

Hopes for when I'm old...

1. I hope to be patient with everyone
2. I hope not to glare at a woman with children
3. I hope not to correct said children when their mother is trying her best.
4.I hope that I don't expect children to be adults
5. I hope that I don't cut in line at the grocery store, when I know that someone was definitely there before me
6. I hope I don't drive a golf cart 10 miles an hour in a 25 mile an hour road...
7. I hope I don't complain...a lot...
8.I hope that I wear jeans with out an elastic waistband
9.I hope to be the old lady that people can't believe that she is the age she is
10. I hope that I will never know if I get gray hair
11. I hope that I don't start a sentence with" Back in my day..."
12. I hope I don't start a sentence with " I remember when bread was $1.50 a loaf"
13. I hope I don't think all music is garbage that I don't listen to.
14.I hope to be a grandma with sweet grandchildren that I love and spoil
15. I hope that Louie and I can celebrate at least 60+ years of marriage.

Games/ Dirty Laundry- Warning to Wahl Family

WARNING TO SOME FAMILY!...YOU MAY NOT LIKE THIS.
Ok that being said and since this is MY blog, I am going to air out some laundry.I do not have a relationship with my in laws...meaning that I don't want one and I am sure that they don't want one with me.To say that I have tried, and in their way they have "tried"is a matter of opinion. My opinion of my efforts is that I have included them in our lives when it matters about our kids and their grandkids. I did try and understand their point of view, but that was wrong for me. I really did try to care about them...many times, but there are times you realize that the effort made and the reception received are just too exhausting, on both accounts.Eventually it became a game. The "let's pretend to care game". You know the game- I pretend to care about you and you pretend to care about me. We make small talk and then we exchange the normal courtesies and then we are done for a while.Well, guess what?. NO MORE. Two weeks ago we, meaning my husband and I - together ( they think I make all the decisions for him and he just follows along...I mean heaven forbid that we have this thing called a marriage) we made this choice that she said she was so supportive about and in fact acted like it was her encouragement that my husband came to the conclusion. Anyway,father in law, was NOT happy and apparently wanted to have my husband come and talk to him about it- long story short, that conversation did not happen, so cut to two weeks later. We went to a family gathering and I have to say, I absolutely have decided that I would prefer them not to speak to me. I am merely wallpaper( get it WAHL) anyway, do not act like that you care about me at all. It is a game I do not want to play anymore. But, DO NOT include my kids, your grandkids in this game. At this gathering, that was meant for a nephew, Not one word was said to our kids and even one of our kids who loves her grandpa gave him a hug and was not acknowledged in any form. Then, yesterday the ultimate insult, she (grandma) deleted granddaughter as a Facebook friend ("accident" supposedly). I know dirty, filthy laundry everywhere!! So why air it? Why not just let it smell up my house and let me clean it myself? Because like I said this is my blog and you can read it or not. Writing this for me, therapy I guess. I am not a game player. I am so tired of the whole thing. Our kids are wonderful. How dare they not at least act like some sort of grand parent!They have done nothing to them, even though I have to say if were really up to me, there would be no relationship, ever. They are kids. I do not use them against them. They can act like that they care about them all they want, but that really isn't the truth. Birthdays and presents do not make up for love and attention. But then really, do I want them in their lives? No, not really. Honestly, I want to shelter them from what I consider a toxic relationship. There are so many reasons why not, but that is just somewhere I don't want to take you.So game over.The game between them and me is over. Our kids, their grandkids I guess are the alternates since I am out of the game. Too bad for them (Grandpa and grandma).I grew up having relationships with both sets of grandparents and I guess part of me wants that for my kids, but they treated us like grandkids, not pawns or alternates in a game. So hey! Bright side! Why complain? They have started a game and nobody is going to play...

Schedule

I called a dear friend of mine today for her birthday and talked to her for about 5 mins. My intention had been to call her earlier in the day and have a great conversation with her and catch up on both of our lives. No, I ended the call with scheduling her in my planner for tomorrow. Yes, I have to schedule phone calls. In fact I feel I have to schedule everything, and then I hope that I remember to look at my schedule because, like something else I did today, I forget things that I have scheduled. Now I know that there are palm pilots, blackberry's, and um...whatever commercial that shows that they have the newest scheduling device....I DON"T WANT THOSE!! a- because I can't afford them and b- I have a planner...with a pen...I just find that it is hard to sit down and talk to my friends. I even was hoping to turn a park day into a kill- two- birds -with -one- stone and invite the women i visit teach and just get it all done in one swoop. Even though I am suppose to work around their schedule...blah blah blah...The good news is, I have made a schedule for our kids so that they can start being more aware of their responsibilities around the house and I don't have to hear that it isn't their job or their chore...now there is a schedule and a list of the chores and when they are in charge of them... so HAH! Take that palm pilots and blackberry's...I'm doing schedules the old school way of paper and a pen.